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| from the album Little Dark Age | ||||
| Released | December 12, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
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| Length | 4:23 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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"When You Die" is a song by American pop and rock band MGMT, and the second single from the band's fourth studio album Little Dark Age . It was released worldwide on December 12, 2017, through Columbia Records.
The song was recorded in 2017. It was co-written by Ariel Pink, who also plays guitar on the song. [1]
The song's artwork is based on an illustration in The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures, an 1851 book by German religious figure Johannes Evangelista Gossner.
The music video was directed by Mike Burakoff and Hallie Cooper-Novack, and was released on December 12, 2017 through The New Yorker along with the audio release. The video stars Alex Karpovsky and Lucy Kaminsky, with Karpovsky playing a failing magician that appears to die and watch his death through a psychedelic trip presumably in purgatory. [3]
The video has been viewed 29 million times through the band's official Vevo account on YouTube. [4]
All lyrics are written by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ariel Pink; all music is composed by VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser and Pink
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "When You Die" | 4:23 |
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| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [5] | 35 |
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